Wikipedia:New contributors' help page

Wikipedia:New contributors' help page

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Early and personal life

Mohammad was born in Croydon, London to parents from Pakistan. He attended Riddlesdown High School where he stayed on for Sixth Form.

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Band members

Current members

• John Willson - lead vocals, (2007 - present)
• Adam Abbott - Backing Vocals/Rhythm Guitar (2007 - present)
• Bryce Newbold - Backing Vocals/Lead Guitar (2007 - present)
• Joe Pasch - Bass Guitar (2010 - present)
• Jamie Flanagan - percussion/Drums (2007 - present)

Former Members

• Jack Hodson - Bass Guitar (2007 - 2009)
• Alex Hudson - Bass Guitar (2009 - 2010)

Discography

• Untitled E.P -(Asbo, Cheer Up Emo, Another Friday Night, Finger Lickin Good)
• Time To Smile (2009)
• New E.P (T.B.C) (2010)

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Company profile updating

Hi, I want to ask a question for my business pages. My company as a Wikipedia profile that need to be updated and changed because news about the company profile and products are old and they might create confusion To do that I need to delate some of the informations that are actually on the page. Can I do that?

Thanks in advance

E. —Preceding unsigned comment added by EricaGlz (talk • contribs) 09:33, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for asking. I suggest you start by reading this page. In most cases your best course is to suggest corrections at the article's talk page. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:48, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Do you have a source for the information which you need to change, which is both reliable and independent of the company - for example, press coverage (but not press releases from the company)? Which company are you talking about? -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 09:50, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

It might help to realise that Wikipedia is not a directory and does not have profiles: it is an encyclopaedia, and has articles. The difference might seem subtle, but can be profound! --ColinFine (talk) 18:17, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

How do I put my information on Wikipedia

how do I put my information in Wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chevalreg (talk • contribs) 18:53, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for wanting to help build this encyclopaedia. Take a look at Wikipedia:Introduction, Wikipedia:Tutorial and Wikipedia:How to edit a page. They will guide you through the basics of starting to contribute. (NB: if by "my information" you mean "information about me", please be careful - Wikipedia is not a social networking site or a listings service. Articles need to follow our rules about notability, verifiability and neutrality. Users do have a user page where they can tell other users a little about themselves and their work here, but this isn't the main purpose of the site.) Don't hesitate to ask for help if you need it. Good luck, and happy editing. Karenjc 21:43, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

confused

im very lost??? i find it hardto follow your words, phrases and instructions. I am a student and love your instructions to be easy to follow. you say that you can see other peoples discussions and write on their mytalk page but i find it hard because it says go to the message board. go there, nothing, says go to the help desk... still nothing i still don't kno it and only just found out i have to be at least 4 days old to save a book. please make it simple. so im asking you can you make wiki simple for teenagers and young adults —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hedgehogs1998 (talk • contribs) 14:46, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry if you are finding it confusing: the fact is that Wikipedia is huge and quite complicated (there are a lot of different facilities in it, and a lot of rules and guidelines which need to be there to make our collaboration work). There is introductory material, but it can sometimes be hard to find, and it might not be as clear as it could be. Have you looked at Help:Contents/Getting started and the pages linked from there?

This is the right place to ask (you've found it!) and you've asked in the right way (though we ask that you finish your posting on help and talk pages with four tildes, like ~~~~, which will automatically add your signature and the time and date).

The only specific question you have asked is about autoconfirmation: you're right, that to make it harder for spambots to disrupt Wikipedia, there are some things that you can't do until your account has existed for four days and made ten edits: you have been here for one day and made nine edits, so far, so be patient.

I see that you have been adding information that interests you, for example to hedgehog, but you need to know that there are standards for what information we put in Wikipedia: everything in here is supposed to be taken from published reliable sources such as books or newspapers: things that we know from our own observation are not acceptable: that is part of why somebody has removed your addition to hedgehog (though it would have been kinder if they had explained this in their edit comment). (The other part is that one of the things that Wikipedia is not is a 'how to' guide).

Please don't feel disheartened at your first experiences in Wikipedia: it is a very big place, and just like your school there are rules which can be difficult to learn all at once. If you have specific questions, please ask them here.

Two final points. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a social networking site; and it is called "Wikipedia", not "Wiki": there are thousands of Wikis. --ColinFine (talk) 07:21, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

TEAMtalk media

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TEAMtalk media Company type Public: (Nasdaq: VMED) Industry Media, Digital Headquarters South Africa, Cape Town and England, Leeds, West Yorkshire Key people Barrie Jarrett - Founder Products www.football365.co.za www.cricket365.com www.golf365.com www.extreme365.com www.planetrugby.com www.planetf1.com Number of employees 65 Website www.teamtalkmedia.co.za

Do you have a question? This is not a page for creating a draft article. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:13, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

q:link What's it mean?

Hi:

This: - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1825, “Work Without Hope"[2][3]

Changed to this: - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1825, “Work Without Hope"q:Samuel Taylor Coleridge#Work Without Hope (1825) q:Hope

Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nectar_in_a_Sieve

Questions:

1. What is the q:''link'' notation/format mean?

2. Why was the original link format changed to this? / How can I avoid this mistake in the future?

Thanking you in advance,

Sedgefield (talk) 19:34, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

It is an interwiki link to Wikiquote. I have reformatted it to hide the "q". – ukexpat (talk) 19:51, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

New article query

Hello, how to i get added to your site as far as being listed under my business name or personal name? I am a Chiropractic Physician and want my business to show up. Perhaps im looking in the wrong area. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drfallon (talk • contribs) 22:37, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

I have added a header to your question to distinguish it from other questions on this page. Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia: Article wizard may help. However, you need to look at our conflict of interest and notability rules first. Basically, Wikipedia is not a listings service or business directory. If your company is not notable according to the criteria, with significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources, then it does not warrant an encyclopaedia article about it. Karenjc 22:59, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

WikiCompany may be more appropriate for your business. – ukexpat (talk) 00:53, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

thin-skinned

"Thin-skinned" refers to individuals who are easily upset, rattled, intimidated, offended, and angered by critical or insensitive comments or general negativity around them. The opposite of thin-skinned would be confident, calm, tough-skin, or personally secure. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DrD001 (talk • contribs) 08:09, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Did you have a question? This page is for help creating articles and suchlike. Definitions are not generally included in Wikipedia - a better location is Wiktionary - where a definition of thin-skinned can be found here -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 08:28, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia pages with same name

I am building a page for Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rc524/Tiempo). This is the first page I've tried to build. I have received some feedback and believe it to be now ready to put as a live page. There are several unrelated pages that have the same or similar names, though. What do I do about this? Rc524 (talk) 13:42, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

You would have to move it to a disambiguating title, such as Tiempo (programme), and then add a hatnote to Tiempo pointing to Tiempo (programme). – ukexpat (talk) 14:16, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Editing an Infobox

How do I align text correctly to the left within an infobox anyone please —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wales63 (talk • contribs) 17:45, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Which text? Are you referring to {{Infobox tennis biography}}? TNXMan 17:47, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Yes I need to align the data containing the word WCT Finals correctly to the left as its out —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wales63 (talk • contribs) 17:49, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

It looks like you are trying to add a line that does not exist in the template. Take a look at all of the parameters in the template. I'm not that familiar with tennis - do any of the ones listed match the WCT line you would like to add? If not, it may be better to add the line that says Othertournaments in order to fill in the WCT result. TNXMan 17:54, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

I don't think {{Infobox tennis biography}} works like that. The |Othertournaments= parameter appears to be just a switch which if set to yes lists the WTA and/or Olympics titles in the box if their relevant parameters are filled in. My guess is that the WCT Finals tournament is not deemed significant enough to be listed in the infobox. If Wales63 wants to discuss this further, the talk page of the Tennis Wikiproject would be the best place. – ukexpat (talk) 18:15, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Title of Wikipedia article

Hi,

I am attempting my first Wikipedia article and want to ensure that the name of this article will not be my Username; however, there seems to be no place to type a heading. I know that for a heading within an article it needs to be written as ==heading==, but to do this at the top of the page will this become to title of the article or not?

Also, I want to be able to draft my article a few times, how do I save my article without it becoming visible to everyone?

Thanks SAIBT NAVITAS (talk) 01:42, 30 September 2010 (UTC)SAIBT NAVITAS

You should create the article in your User space, as, for example, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SAIBT_NAVITAS/MyArticle (note the underscore used for the space in your user name), or User:SAIBT NAVITAS/MyArticle (no underscore needed in this format). The name of the file becomes the article's title. You don't need to add it as a section heading. Once you're happy with the article, and ready for it to "go live", it can be moved into article space. Rojomoke (talk) 02:03, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

The Article Wizard would help you get through these first steps. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:13, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Create a new page

how to Create a new page —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shareheb (talk • contribs) 02:45, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Your first article, Wikipedia:Starting an article, and Wikipedia:Article wizard. --Jayron32 04:38, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Shane Boyd Rugby League Born 7-7-1972 Dandenong Victoria

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Shane Boyd was born in Dandenong Victoria . Moving to Qld in 1978 and settled on the sunshine coast with his parents . Prominent junior footballer with Tugun Juniors . Played 75 games for the Newcastle Knights from 1994 - 1997 . Unlucky to miss the Granbd Final win due to a major knee injury . Moved to England to play with St Helens in the Super League for a total of 125 games being part of premiership sides in 1999,2000 and 2002 . Challenge cup winner 2001 and 2004 . Shane has been invloved in Youth Development since his retirement in 2003 . Shane lost his wife and youngest child in a car accident in November 2009 . The driver of the vehicle with which they collided had a blood alcohol reading of .234

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Woodendick1972 (talk • contribs) 15:30, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

A Wizard is available to walk you through these steps. See the Article Wizard.

Thank you.

You will need to first register an account, which has many benefits, including the ability to create articles. Once you have registered, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. An Article Wizard is available to walk you through creating an article, but you will need to create an account to use it. if you don't wish to do so, you can submit a proposal for an article at Articles for Creation.Template:Z26 – ukexpat (talk) 17:28, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

NB Article now exists at Shane Boyd (rugby league). – ukexpat (talk) 18:28, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

im trying to rid my article of the yellow exclamation point!!!

how do i rid my articl eof the yellow exclamation point?

all content is factual...i have researched similar wiki articles with similar content that have no yellow exclamation points...please help!!!!

article:

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The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
Navasha Daya, pronounced, nah VAH shah DAY-ya, , earth entry: April 25, 1975, Cleveland Ohio The Goddess of Galactic Soul: singer, vocalist, dancer/performer extraordinaire, music educator, ordained minister, initiated priestess, healer, spiritual counselor The Early Days of Daya Daya attended Hicks Montessori School and then auditioned for the Cleveland School of The Arts (the Fame (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fame_(1980_film) school of Cleveland) in the third grade and was accepted into the school for fourth grade as a dance major. While dancing, she was also a member of the school choir and its traveling ensembles. She received her gospel orientation by forming her first vocal group with 4 classmates in the fifth grade, The Educational Five and performed at local churches, and events including singing The National Anthem at Cleveland Indians’ games. Dancing Daya! Age 2 she began the Dalcroze Eurhythmic (http://www.dalcroze.org.au/eurythmics.html) methods of dance. At age 4 she began professional ballet instruction with a Russian Ballet instructor. She continued her dance studies and at age 13, she joined Imani Dance Theater, and then at 16, she joined Iroko Dance team and honed her craft as a club/street dancer competing against other local dance crews. Additionally, she sharpened her skills with The Cleveland School for The Arts singing ensembles, which incorporated dance in their performances Age 11, she shifted her vision from dance to song and her first solo vocal performance was Sweet Honey in the Rock’s Crying for Freedom for the Official Kwanzaa Celebration for the City of Cleveland. Navasha Navigating Fertile Nuances The creative fire of her father, Afi-Nur influenced the professional approach to her talents for he was the leader of a highly recognized reggae band, The Word now known as Jah Word. She sang background vocals for the band between ages 13-18. Moreover, her family formed The Raheem Family Singers, performing at local events throughout the state of Ohio. Exploring her vocal range and power, Navasha was a student of private professional classical voice lessons utilizing an array of jazz singing, negro spirituals, and vocal techniques Upon high school graduation, Dr. William Woods and her mother encouraged her to attend Morgan State University as a music education major (http://www.morgan.edu/) because of its illustrious music education program and its distinguished college choir, the Morgan State University Choir (MSUC), despite a full scholarship offering from The Berkeley School of Music (http://www.berklee.edu/). Upon entry, Dr. Nathan Carter, renowned music educator and Director of the MSUC discovered her vocal gifts and performing prowess and assisted Navasha’s obtainment of a music scholarship in addition to her academic scholarship. She eventually became President of the MSUC. She pledged Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc (http://www.aka1908.com/) and was crowned Miss Morgan and later won the title Miss Black Alumni Hall of Fame as Miss Morgan, the first Miss Morgan to win the national campus queen title. http://nbcahof.org/events.html Circa 1996, the desire to earn money as a musician, divinely ordered a meeting between her and musician James Collins, an area trumpeter, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) student, and clothing entrepreneur. James was so touched by the unique power and pitch of her voice; he offered Navasha the opportunity to form a band along with drummer Marcus Asante. The trio founded themselves as Fertile Ground (FG). Their first show was a UMBC collegiate concert. The group continued to gig throughout the state of Maryland and the Washington/D.C. metropolitan area earning a faithful following. In response to the overwhelmingly warm reception of their local audience, the group recorded Fertile Ground’s debut compilation, Field Songs. As Miss Morgan, Navasha celebrated and promoted Field Songs, an independently produced spiritual journey through, “…the fields…this ticket, that’s one way back home…where the earth is the bible and the pages are Fertile Ground.”---Libations, Track #1 from Field Songs. Field Songs is a past life litany of lush lyrics and smooth soulful jazz trimmed rhythm. Navasha: Pearl of The World, International Acclaim As administrative and creative co-leaders of Blackout Studios, their independent label, Navasha and James continued to produce their own eclectic style of pure jazzy hip inspirational soul music. In 2000, FG’s sophomore piece Spiritual Wars garnered international recognition via the now defunct Counterpoint Records’ desire to remix Peace and Love, one of Spiritual Wars’ compositions written by Navasha Daya. Counterpoint Records eventually produced a double album choosing select songs from Spiritual Wars and Field Songs, titling the album Perception, which received critical acclaim throughout Europe. As a result of Perception’s success, FG began a series of European tours which included venue dates in some of the best known jazz clubs including, London’s Jazz Café, Vienna’s Birdland, The Rhythm Festival, Paradiso in Amsterdam, and Paris’ New Morning Club. The gateway to Japan reopened for Navasha as well. While her first visit to Japan was at age 16 with her high school ensemble, she was unable to perform; she lost her voice. Her mother prophesied, “Don’t worry Daya. You will return to Japan and they will love you.” Mama does know best: FG toured Japan and received rave reviews at Club Yellow and Tokyo’s Blue Note. Navasha’s recognition as a solo singer began to take root in the city of Tokyo. After the success of these international endeavors, Fertile Ground solidified their legacy as the official pioneers of successfully independently produced music. The year 2002 brought their third production Seasons Change, an honest approach to a soul-filled studio album and furthering the ID badge, the totem, the DNA of Fertile Ground; the pure, raw, uncut, definition of Fertile Ground, definably only as Fertile Ground, no one, nothing, nobody else. This is just damn good music. Navasha’s vocals verve vivacity, incant inspiration, promise passion and prosperity, make magic, and leave light in their linger/singerprints. James’ lyrical and musical genius conjure the power of the band that has now flourished to include Freddie Dunn, Craig Alston, Joel Mills, and the legendary Ekendra Das. FG toured more, locally, nationally, and internationally, selling out venues and shipping out music to every corner of the globe. Black Is, released in 2004 proved to be another successful musical experience for FG and their fans. Black Is deepened Fertile Ground’s signature indigenous inspirationally spiritual sound with compositions like Changing Woman and Spirit World penned by Navasha Daya. In 2007, Navasha was invited to return to Japan as a soloist and record with the Japanese jazz group Sleepwalker. She garnered mass appeal for her Tokyo Crossover Jazz Festival performance during this same year and returned to perform and record on various occasions from 2007-2009. Navasha, Maimouna Yousef and Mama Nata"aska Hummingbird comprise ( the group was founded by Mama Nata"aska's mother. http://www.mountaineagleplace.com/Three_Generationz.html Three Generations, a vocal group that dedicates their voices to the aboriginal sounds and textures of Native American music harmoniously wrapped in modern soul. Goddess Gleam (priestess purpose) Navasha began preparing for her future role as an ordained minister in the year 2000 at Baltimore Spiritual Science Center She studied there for 5 years, mastering coursework such as Exploration of the Transpersonal Self, Comparative Religion, Foundation of Spiritual Healing, Metaphysics and the Concepts of Our Universe, Kaballah, Secret Doctrine, and Esoteric Symbology and Ancient Wisdom. She serves as Reiki Master, Counsleor, Healer, Healing Circle Facilitator, and metaphysical Minister. Daya StarDust (external linx) http://etmmagazine.info/freeyourmind/2010/articles/07/2010_07_navasha_raven.html Star Twinkles (discography) http://www.discogs.com/artist/Fertile+Ground Signature songs from Fertile Ground are Be Natural, the official FG Anthem, Take Me Higher, Dance, Like Poetry, Peace and Love, Sentimental Groove, Yellow Daisies, and Homage (Yesterdays) Navasha News (upcoming projects) Currently Navasha Daya emerges as solo artist, recruiting her entourage and band members playing shows and festivals around the country creating her own niche as The Goddess of Galactic Soul while recording her first solo compilation, anticipated release Summer 2011.

Theflyinlion (talk) 02:05, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi, Theflyinlion. The problems were not addressed. There is a lack of reliable independent sources which verify the information in the article; it has a lot of peacock terms; it sounds like an advert (it needs to be written using a neutral point of view). There is also the fact that a quick look does not show me that she meets the notability criteria. Unless all these issues can be resolved, the article is not ready for inclusion in the encyclopedia -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 08:17, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

inserting a Wikipedia Commons picture into an article -- missing some last step?

I have uploaded a picture into Wikipedia Commons. I studied the Wiki picture tutorial and edited the article to embed the picture using the filename and the apparent picture placement syntax. A placeholder with my caption now appears in the edited material in the desired location, but the picture does not display. I am familiar with placing pictures on regular websites. Is there some Wiki Commons sourcing path that I may not have invoked? The picture tutorial is not very explicit about that. Is there an easier way to do this from Wiki Commons?

thanks, Pursemaker469Pursemaker469 (talk) 02:54, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

I presume you are Ms Dustin? There was only a minor error: Image names are case-sensitive, and the filename is File:Kathleen Dustin blowing grass purse.jpg, not File:Kathleen Dustin Blowing Grass Purse.jpg. Intelligentsium 03:05, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Calico Radio (band)

Calico Radio (band) Calico Radio is a Garage, Indie Rock band out of Chicago, Illinois. It was founded in 2010 and consists of Julian Hernandez (Lead guitar and vocals), Rob Porada (Drums and Percussion) and Ben Nerad (Bass Guitar). The band is rooted in Indie Rock, the Garage Rock Revival, as well as Classic Rock and Blues. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.193.153.68 (talk) 19:00, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

So what's your question, since nobody cares about your garage band? --Orange Mike | Talk 19:13, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Now, now let's not get too snappy, we can't expect folk to know the ropes right from the word go, now can we? Orphan Wiki 00:10, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Info Gone?

Before I got an account, I read an article about a T.V. show. Someone added a lot of cool facts about the episodes. Later on, the interesting stuff was gone. The show was "Lost Tapes" and it used to say stuff like "There are _ episodes where the cryptids die" and "There are _ episodes that have to do with myths and legends". I just want to know why they may have been deleted. Do fun-facts and trivia break the rules EVEN IF they have a section to themselves, or was it a different page I was looking at? I would appreciate any help. I didn't add the facts. SilentAbyss (talk) 00:05, 2 October 2010 (UTC)SilentAbyss

That sort of fancruft has no place in an encyclopedia article, and will generally be removed on sight. --Orange Mike | Talk 00:08, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Just to be a little less bitey than Orangemike, Wikipedia articles are held to a high standard of writing. It is expected that Wikipedia be a well-written encyclopedia, and endless lists of minutae and trivia makes for poor writing. The goal of Wikipedia is to be as well written as any professionally published reference work, and just as you wouldn't find that sort of bad writing in a book you would find in a library, you shouldn't find it at Wikipedia. The internet is filled with lots of websites which collect this sort of trivia on TV shows and stuff, Wikipedia strives to be different than that. See WP:NOT for some more info. --Jayron32 03:26, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

BidNerd or Bid Nerd

BidNerd, Bid Nerd www.BidNerd.com is a place where consumers can post a needed service or product in which bidders can submit and lower their bid amount if out bid, providing the bidder every opportunity to earn the clients business all while providing the consumer a better estimate.

BidNerd also provides eprocurement for the Private and Public sector as well serving the U.S. and Canada.

BidNerd was founded in 2008 by co-founders Cory Sneed and Blake Freeman. BidNerd was first named Estimatebay and later was forced to change their name due to copyright infringement of eBay. Most users of the BidNerd site refer them selves as BidNerds for life.

72.189.139.99 (talk) 03:37, 2 October 2010 (UTC) Co-Founder BidNerd Cory Sneed

Sounds awesome. Good luck with your website! --Jayron32 03:39, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

How do i get Wikipedia to define BidNerd? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.189.139.99 (talk) 03:46, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Would it be possible for Wikipedia to define BidNerd on the Wikipedia site? Is so how do i proceed? Best Regards, 72.189.139.99 (talk) 03:52, 2 October 2010 (UTC) Co-founder BidNerd.com Cory Sneed

I'm sorry, I don't think your project has attracted enough independent media coverage to meet the notability guidelines for articles about web sites. This Google News search produces only one result, which is based on a press release from Bidnerd itself so doesn't count. Wikipedia is not an advertising medium.

If you can find reliable sources to show that your project is notable, then the next step would be for you to read the conflict of interest guidelines, and then perhaps to post your request and sources to Wikipedia:Requested articles/Business and economics/Businesses and organizations. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:16, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

upload picture

how do i upload a picture, logo, to my page djboating Djtravel (talk) 19:33, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but your page needs to be added to a different website, perhaps Wikicompany. You are at Wikipedia, which is an encyclopedia and not a medium for advertising. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:04, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Adding a book title

I have a book titled "Mixer's Motor Maps and Tours", published by New England Publishing Corporation, copyright 1925. I want to enter it into Wikipedia's encyclopedia, mainly because I found only one reference to the book, on Wikipedia, and that reference is a dead end. Is there an example I should follow to enter the book?

Eric —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eric776 (talk • contribs) 02:44, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

I added a reference to Boulevard of the Allies. Is that what you wanted to do? If you have the actual book, you can check to see that I got it right. --SPhilbrickT 14:15, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

how do you upload images when editing a wikipedia article?

hi im confused and i really neede help can you answer my question: how do you upload images when editing a wikipedia article?

Wikiguy01582487244 (talk) 12:48, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Take a look at the instructions at WP:UPLOAD. It's relatively simple to upload the image, but you need to make sure that it is a a free image: that is, it's in the public domain or is available under a suitable license for its use on wikipedia. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 13:03, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Please keep in mind that the process of uploading—physically moving the image from your computer to the Wikipedia or Cpmmons database, is a very differnt step than the edit steps to add an image to an article. Typically, you want to do both. If you were clear about how to do the edit, and simply needed help on the upload, you now have the instructions from GiftigerWunsch. If you also need help with the editing conventions, see WP:IMAGE--SPhilbrickT 14:09, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Better Things Disambiguation

Hi,

I recently created the article 'Better Things (2008 film)' and then also created a 'Better Things (disambiguation)' article, because there is already an article titled 'Better Things', about a song by The Kinks. I got advice for this from another user via the 'talk' help section, but i still have an issue. It's still the case that if you type 'better things' into the wikipedia search, you're directed straight to the article about The Kinks' song, rather than to the disambiguation page. I've looked at the help notes on 'disambiguation' and I don't believe The Kinks article represents a 'primary topic', so i'm just wondering how to make it so that a search for 'better things' takes you to the disambiguation page rather than straight to The Kinks' song article? Would it be a case of changing the title of this article to 'Better Things (song)', and if so, how would I do this? Thanks in advance for your help. Northandy (talk) 11:02, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

In order to make the disambiguation symmetrical rather than asymmetrical like it is at the moment, you can do it via renaming/moving the pages; you need to rename the article currently at Better Things to a different name (such as Better Things (song)), then rename Better Things (disambiguation) to Better Things. However, because you're trying to rename one article over another, you cannot do this move without administrator help (nor could anyone else but an administrator). So, what you should do is first do the first move, which you can do yourself; then place {{db-move|1=Better Things (disambiguation)|2=so that the disambiguation page is the page found by a search}} on the resulting redirect at Better Things, and an admin will come along soon to review the move and perform it if they agree with it. ({{db-move}} is a request for speedy deletion of the redirect so that another page can be moved over the top.) --ais523 12:57, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

The Enochian page and a debate over LaVeyan Satanism

I recently looked on the page for the language "Enochian" and in one of it's sub categories they had references made to it in pop culture. One of these was about Anton LaVey's use of it in his Satanic Bible. It was entitled "Devil Worship". I see this as contradictory to the site because the page on LaVeyan Satanism states that they do not worship the devil. So I went to the edit and changed the title to "LaVeyan Satanism" instead of "Devil Worship". Obviously I wasn't doing anything malicious, I was in fact stopping a bit of misunderstanding, but when I logged back on today, I was confronted with a message telling me I "vandalized" the page by changing that and my change was reverted. I think this was supporting the misconception of LaVeyan Satanists worship the devil when they are in fact, atheists. Maybe it was the fact I put "minor edit" on the change but I didn't think me making the title a bit more clear was too major of a change. Can someone explain the me why this was changed?

ShaneMala (talk) 00:59, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

The page history at [1] shows that you were reverted by Dougweller. I have posted a notification to User talk:Dougweller#Enochian. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:28, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Many apologies, but 'minor edit' plus no edit summary, and too much haste on my part, led to my reversion - which I have now reverted, replacing your edit and I've also changed your welcome message. Good work on that edit and again, welcome. Dougweller (talk) 07:50, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

But this does point up the importance of edit summaries. --ColinFine (talk) 18:22, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Sorry I am a tad new at this and didn't really understand the process of those summaries. I was just changing a point that I thought would lead to a lot more chaos for those discussing LaVeyans and LaVeyans themself. ShaneMala (talk) 18:58, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

No harm done. Every time you make an edit, type something in the summary box eg LaVey =/= Devil worship (quite right - I've always considered them far closer to atheists myself) rp to Dougweller adding source etc, that just explains what you are doing or, in the case of a talkpage, allows someone to find your edit in the history in case they want to refer to it using a diff. If you want to see examples, go to the homepage for any user and select user contributions (you may have to look for it, it's in a different place depending on which skin you use). Try mine here. You'll see the sort of things people put in edit summaries. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 20:36, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

See also Help:Edit summary. Note that contributions pages have a "Namespace" field. You can select "(Article)" (it's often called "main" or "mainspace" in other contexts) if you only want to see edits to articles. It's especially important to use informative edit summaries if you make a change for a reason that isn't obvious to somebody who doesn't know the subject well. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:50, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

User Page?

(Before I begin, I would like to thank the people who anwered my last question :"thank you".) Alright, NOW I need halp with something new: what do you do on a user page? I've tried looking it up, but I can't ever find it! Can someone give me a quick summary or a link?SilentAbyss (talk) 21:26, 5 October 2010 (UTC)SilentAbyss

Your user page is essentially a page for you to use; most people put userboxes on them to display their interests, and/or use it for some convenience links for themselves, like links to articles they want to remember to work on in future, etc. for example, my userpage is here. To create your own userpage, go here. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 21:31, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

I think of it as a place where you tell us about yourself: your Wikipedia experience and philosophy, your point of view, opinions, ideology and/or faith, and anything else that an impartial outsider might consider could influence your edits. --Orange Mike | Talk 21:32, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:User pages. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:41, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Lead of Strings

The Trance Music Producer

http://www.leadofstrings.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sergiomcfly (talk • contribs) 04:11, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Sounds like a nice man. Do you have any questions for us regarding the use of Wikipedia? --Jayron32 04:26, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Fishing bait

goodmorning...can you help me if you know any product in the form of a spray with octopus or schrimp essence to spray my fishing baits? and how can i find it... for the information i am from greece.. thank you in advance —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.1.232.211 (talk) 09:10, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over three million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25 -- John of Reading (talk) 09:23, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Info

I can pump you guys with good info whats in it for me —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wayne2life (talk • contribs) 09:46, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

The satisfaction of having done something worthwhile? 99.9999...% of Wikipedia content is contributed by volunteers - see About Wikipedia. There are a small number of paid jobs advertised at Wikimedia, the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:24, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Charles Alfred Fisher name just listed

I just submitted my name Charles Alfred Fisher as a category listing. My reason is to direct readres to the web sites I have authored that relate directly to Wikipedia articles already shown. How do I keep my personal name listing showing these web sites on Wikipedia?Charlesafisher (talk) 15:00, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Since you are the author of these external web pages, you should not be adding links to them from Wikipedia articles. See these guidelines and the similar messages on your talk page. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:39, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Refrigerant

Where would a technician encounter freezing tempertures when working with liqued refrigerant —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.1.69.88 (talk) 15:15, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Science reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:39, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Lyrica

I would like further details on the effectiveness of same drug,Lyrica 200 twice a day taken for 3 months great, another order for same dosage not as effective from same location later. This has happen to me 3 times(2 from same drug stores, 1 from another. It frightens me when this medicine has help me cope with neuropahty pain since I was diagnose 4 years ago. I couldn't do without it!173.218.169.251 (talk) 16:59, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Science reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. KillerChihuahua^?!?Advice 17:09, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

However, Wikipedia cannot offer medical advice. If you have concerns about your medication, you should consult a medical practitioner. Rojomoke (talk) 17:52, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Article about Clinton Anderson (Horse)

I would like to write an article about Clinton Anderson the creator of Downunder Horsemanship and I would like to know if this topic would be useful on this website. 143.200.143.195 (talk) 17:24, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

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African-American Woman Suffrage Movement

When the woman suffrage movement began, black and white women fought together for the same goal — enfranchisement of women. But as the movement gained popularity, African-American women found themselves being marginalized.. African-American women soon found themselves fighting against sexism and racism at the same time. This was a fight that continued even with the ratification of the nineteenth amendment, with many efforts to keep African-American women from voting..In some states in the south it took until the 1960s before African-American women were allowed to freely exercise their right to vote..These difficulties, however, did nothing to deter African-American women

In 1890, the two rival organizations, the National Woman Suffrage Organization and the American Women Suffrage Association, merged together to form the National American Women Suffrage Association(NAWSA) with a new goal in mind. This new goal was a narrower view of woman suffrage — enfranchisement for only white women — and the focus was on using any strategies to reach said goal. As the NAWSA began gaining support for its cause, its members realised the exclusion African-American women would gain more sympathies. African-American women began experiencing what is termed the ‘Anti-Black’ woman suffrage movement.The main push of this movement was to marginalize as many African-American women as possible and from this movement developed the idea of the “educated suffragist”. This was the notion that being educated was an important pre-requisite for being allowed the right to vote. Since many African-American women were uneducated at that time, this meant exclusion from having the right to vote. This movement was prevalent in the south but soon gained momentum in the north as well. African-American women would not be deterred by the rising opposition and became even more aggressive in their campaign to find equality with men and other women.

After the 19th Amendment was passed in 1920 ,white women were able to exercise their right to vote freely while some African-American women still faced a number of problems, especially those inhabiting southern states . At first, African-American women in the north were able to register quite easily and quite a few became actively involved in politics .One such woman was Annie Simms Banks who was chosen to serve as a delegate to Kentucky’s Republican Party in March 1920 .As time went on African-American women soon realised that having the right to vote did not mean being accepted into society. They soon found themselves on the receiving end of disenfranchisement methods which included: waiting in line for up to twelve hours before registering to vote, head taxes, new tests.One of the new texts involved African-American women reading the constitution and interpreting the meaning before they were deemed eligible to vote.In the south, African-American women faced more difficult circumstances which included bodily harm and fabricated charges which landed them in jail, if they attempted to vote.This treatment of African-American women in the south continued even till the 1960s.

Despite the efforts to keep African-American women from excising their right to vote, many continued to do so and fight for equality between the races and sexes. The efforts of African-American women suffragists paved the way for future generations to enjoy the rights and freedoms denied their ancestors. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crystalmariposa0613 (talk • contribs) 19:41, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Interesting stuff. Do you have a question about how to use Wikipedia? --Jayron32 19:44, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

make a page

How do you make a page for yourself?